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11 Iowa 246

State v. Accola

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 5, 1860

Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 1860-12-05

<p> Appeal from Muscatine District Court. </p>

Decided 1860-12-05

Wright, J.

¶1Defendant was convicted for violating section 2721 of the Code, and moved for a new trial, upon the ground that the jurors, as shown by the affidavit of two of them, had during their retirement read the notes of the testimony as taken by one of the attorneys on the trial.

¶2Upon the authority of Abel v. Kennedy, 3 G. Greene 47; Shields v. Guffey 9 Iowa 322; Langworthy v. Myers, 4 Ib. 18; the motion was properly overruled. And see 1 Gra. & Wat. on New Trials 79, 80; 3 Ib. 1261.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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